Polymer translocation out of confined environments
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021907/1-5
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Physical Review E, Volume 80, Issue 2
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We consider the dynamics of polymer translocation out of confined environments. Analytic scaling arguments lead to the prediction that the translocation time scales like τ∼Nβ+ν2DR1+(1−ν2D)/ν for translocation out of a planar confinement between two walls with separation R into a three-dimensional (3D) environment, and τ∼Nβ+1R for translocation out of two strips with separation R into a two-dimensional (2D) environment. Here, N is the chain length, ν and ν2D are the Flory exponents in 3D and 2D, and β is the scaling exponent of translocation velocity with N, whose value for the present choice of parameters is β≈0.8 based on Langevin dynamics simulations. These scaling exponents improve on earlier predictions.Description
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Luo, Kaifu & Metzler, Ralf & Ala-Nissilä, Tapio & Ying, See-Chen. 2009. Polymer translocation out of confined environments. Physical Review E. Volume 80, Issue 2. P. 021907/1-5. ISSN 1539-3755 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physreve.80.021907.